1983 Nankai Hawks Roster
Japan Pacific League (JPPL) - Class: Foreign Major
Team Record: 52-69
Finished 5th in the JPPL
Manager: Yoshio Anabuki (0-0), Don Blasingame (0-0)
Location: Osaka, Japan
Ballpark: Osaka Stadium
1983 Nankai Hawks StatisticsTeam Record: 52-69
Finished 5th in the JPPL
Manager: Yoshio Anabuki (0-0), Don Blasingame (0-0)
Location: Osaka, Japan
Ballpark: Osaka Stadium
The Nankai Hawks of the Japan Pacific League ended the 1983 season with a record of 52 wins and 69 losses, finishing fifth in the JPPL.
The Hawks plated 548 runs and gave up 659 runs. Hiromitsu Kadota walloped 40 home runs for Nankai, while Nobuyuki Kagawa swatted 15 or more also. Hiromitsu Kadota accounted for 96 RBI. Nobuyuki Kagawa paced batters with significant playing time with a .313 average. Kazuhiro Yamauchi topped the team with 18 wins and a team-best 3.94 ERA, leading regularly-used pitchers.
Jim Lyttle played in Major League Baseball during his career, the only member of the Nankai Hawks to do so.
Yoshio Anabuki and Don Blasingame served as manager.Click on column headings to sort.
| Player | Bats | Throws | Birth Date | Height | Weight | Hometown |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hiromasa Arai | L | R | April 26, 1952 | 5'9" | 145 | Higashinari Ward, Osaka JP |
| Manabu Fujita | R | R | May 9, 1955 | 6'0" | 190 | Minami Uwa-gun, Ehime JP |
| Hitoshi Hatayama | R | R | June 11, 1964 | 5'11" | 176 | Komatsushima, Tokushima JP |
| Toru Ikenoue | R | R | May 19, 1954 | 6'0" | 180 | Tarumizu, Kagoshima JP |
| Yuji Inoue | R | R | March 2, 1963 | 6'0" | 200 | Miyakonojo, Miyazaki JP |
| Satoshi Iwaki | R | R | April 5, 1954 | 5'7" | 150 | Suminoe Ward, Osaka JP |
| Hiromitsu Kadota | L | L | February 26, 1948 | 5'7" | 178 | Onoda, Yamaguchi JP |
| Nobuyuki Kagawa | R | R | December 19, 1961 | 5'7" | 211 | Awano-gun, Tokushima JP |
| Yuji Kanei | R | R | December 3, 1957 | 5'6" | 154 | Munakata-gun, Fukuoka JP |
| Motoyasu Kaneshiro | R | R | October 16, 1952 | 5'10" | 171 | , Osaka JP |
| Kazuhiro Kawamoto | L | L | November 20, 1963 | 5'10" | 162 | Osaka, Osaka JP |
| Eiketsu Ko | October 20, 1955 | |||||
| Takayuki Kono | R | R | April 18, 1955 | 5'10" | 165 | Yawatahama, Ehime JP |
| Yuji Kubodera | R | R | July 18, 1958 | 5'9" | 158 | Tagata-gun, Shizuoka JP |
| Raihatsu Lee | June 28, 1956 | |||||
| Jim Lyttle | L | R | May 20, 1946 | 6'0" | 180 | Hamilton, OH US |
| Hironori Miyazaki | R | R | April 22, 1957 | 5'9" | 154 | , Osaka JP |
| Masumitsu Moriguchi | R | R | July 20, 1953 | 5'11" | 176 | Yao, Osaka JP |
| Kenji Nakade | R | R | November 3, 1954 | 5'9" | 158 | Wakayama, Wakayama JP |
| Seigo Nakano | L | L | July 11, 1956 | 5'7" | 143 | Kawanishi, Hyogo JP |
| Hiroshi Ogawa | R | R | June 6, 1960 | 5'7" | 167 | Ichikawa, Chiba JP |
| Yoshiaki Oka | R | R | November 22, 1953 | 5'7" | 147 | Tamano, Okayama JP |
| Keisuke Okamoto | L | L | August 16, 1956 | 6'0" | 182 | Mihara-gun, Hyogo JP |
| Manabu Okubo | R | R | July 3, 1964 | 6'0" | 178 | Shizuoka, Shizuoka JP |
| Yukio Otsubo | R | R | December 22, 1961 | 5'10" | 165 | Sasebo, Nagasaki JP |
| Chiaki Sadaoka | R | R | June 17, 1953 | 6'0" | 178 | Kagoshima, Kagoshima JP |
| Hideki Takayanagi | R | R | March 1, 1957 | 5'9" | 198 | Kashima-gun, Ibaraki JP |
| Akinori Takeguchi | L | L | June 3, 1959 | 5'9" | 165 | Kuma-gun, Kumamoto JP |
| Mitsuo Tateishi | R | R | December 6, 1957 | 5'8" | 165 | Izumi, Osaka JP |
| Tsutomu Yamada | R | R | October 3, 1958 | 5'9" | 167 | Higashi Sumiyoshi Ward, Osaka JP |
| Shuichi Yamakawa | R | R | May 10, 1964 | 5'10" | 178 | Takehara, Hiroshima JP |
| Kazunori Yamamoto | L | L | October 18, 1957 | 5'10" | 165 | Kita-Kyushu, Fukuoka JP |
| Masao Yamamoto | R | R | August 12, 1953 | 6'0" | 167 | Kobe, Hyogo JP |
| Yoshinori Yamamura | R | R | April 11, 1955 | 5'10" | 190 | Izuma, Osaka JP |
| Kazuhiro Yamauchi | R | R | September 1, 1957 | 6'0" | 167 | Hamakita, Shizuoka JP |
| Shinichi Yamauchi | R | R | December 3, 1947 | 5'11" | 178 | Ota, Shimane JP |
| Takanori Yamauchi | R | R | August 5, 1956 | 5'9" | 173 | Amakusa-gun, Kumamoto JP |
| Minoru Yano | R | R | April 21, 1959 | 6'0" | 187 | Ashiya, Hyogo JP |
| Hiroyuki Yoshida | R | R | October 25, 1960 | 5'8" | 190 | Yokohama, Kanagawa JP |
| Mototomi Yoshimura | R | R | April 17, 1962 | 5'9" | 158 | , Aichi JP |
